The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 282

Chapter 282 Snowed In Valley

"Sorry, Thor. The next one will be for you." Karl apologized as he made his choice.

20 Points [Sharpness] Slashing, Stabbing and Disintegration type abilities increase in damage by 10 percent per Rank. (40 percent at Commander)

[Sharpness learned.]

[Rend] and [Shred] were both slashing type skills, as was [Lacerate]. Unfortunately, [Chain Lightning] was not a disintegration ability, but he would take what he could get.

Once Haste and Terrorize were activated on everyone, and the Spider Golems were summoned, they were ready to face the Frost Giant charge.

"Back into the snow storm." Karl ordered, intending to limit the enemy's line of sight.

Lotus yelled back. "No, don't. They're using their magic to keep it active, and it will deal damage now that they know there are enemies here."

So, they were trapped under the storm, unless they could march up out of the valley through hundreds of metres of Commander Rank [Blizzard] and blinding snow while under attack.

The Frost Giants were charging, so Karl strapped his large sword to his pack for the bonus energy steal, then sent out a flurry of arrows charged with [Chain Lightning] to slow them down.

With the benefits of [Sharpness] and [Terrorize] the arrows were punching holes clean through the Ascended Rank Giants when they hit bare flesh, and the lightning was doing its job, scorching flesh and slowing their movements to give the Spider Golems time to shine.

The two bone-white wooden constructs launched themselves into the Frost Giant ranks, and true to Rae's name, a rain of blood and body parts was the result.

With nearly twice the damage compared to a regular Commander Rank Golem that had the [Durable Constructs] bonus, and forty percent increased speed, they were eight legged whirlwinds of death through the Ascended Rank targets.

The Mages unleashed their spells on the Commanders, quickly grasping what the Spider Golems were after. They were eliminating the overwhelming numbers, while leaving everyone else to deal with the stronger targets.

Karl led the group forward, away from the storm, so they weren't ambushed from behind out of the snow, and turned his arrows on the larger Frost Giants.

Thor's Circle of Protection flared around them as the ice shard attacks came back in return. Their lightning barriers were holding, and while the Lightning Cerro was at the front, he wasn't actively fighting, he was just focusing on maintaining their defences while the Golems did all the close combat work.

"It's a good thing that you don't need arrows." Tori panted as she created more Magic Missile orbs.

The refreshing abilities of Thor helped, but she was burning mana quickly to keep up her damage rate against the Giants one Rank higher than she was.

"Cut back the individual power of your spells, we're going to be at this a while, and we can't have you exhausted." Karl reminded her.

Dana had already done that, and was relying on multiple hits to cause serious injuries, instead of putting extra effort into individual spells.

Hawk was on Thor's back, using [Rend] in wide arcs to damage anything that got near them. It wasn't Royal Rank, but it was the easiest spell on his energy, and he could keep these attacks up all day. They still cut deep into the Frost Giants, and for a moment, he envied Rae's Lacerate ability.

If Rend made them bleed like that, it would be so much better.

Rae was staying close to the group, targeting Giants who made it past the first line of defenders, or who were giving Dana's Stone Golems trouble, and the ground everywhere around them was becoming soaked in cold blue Frost Giant blood as Karl slowly pushed the group forward toward the massive crystal.

Rae's [Spear] spell, gained from the Naga Swamp, wasn't as devastating as some of her other abilities, but the small spikes peppered the Frost Giants and left dozens of heavily bleeding wounds. The combination with Lacerate was proving to be quite impressive.

Karl could see that there was a spell active at the base of the crystal, and the goal was to make it stop. It had to be the spell that was summoning more Frost Giants, and while it was slowly fading as their numbers decreased, they couldn't afford to retreat until it was gone.

Ophelia pointed to a spot to their right, and Karl adjusted the group's movement to go see what it was.